Crossover Anime: Starting from Soul Society and Slicing Through All Worlds

Chapter 25 The Protagonist Worth Three Copper Coins

Yosuke Shima's display of skill alone greatly surprised Yoshiro. Just ten days ago, when he first met Yosuke Shima, the latter was still a novice being fucked while his ass was sticking out.

But now, only about ten days have passed, and the other party has not only changed his appearance drastically, but even his strength has been completely transformed?

"Yosuke, what happened to you in these past ten days? Why do I feel like you're different from before...?"

Although Yosuke Shima didn't look particularly handsome before, he was still a spirited young man. But now, in Yosuke Shima's eyes, he's a middle-aged man who has experienced a lot in life.

Ye Cheng was very curious about what kind of experience could cause such a big change in the other person's temperament in just ten days.

When talking about this, Yosuke Shima actually had a confident smile on his face, and looked at Yoruichi and said, "Yoruichi, I have finally made a successful start!"

Although the process was somewhat tortuous, overall it was a pretty good start.

Seeing Yosuke's nostalgic expression, Yoru also adopted an expression of listening attentively.

At first, Yosuke's expression was normal, but as Yosuke continued to recount his experiences after their separation, Yosuke's expression became increasingly strange, and he kept thinking to himself, "This is actually a 'good start'?"

After parting ways with Night City, Night City went to the Adventurers' Guild, while Yosuke Shima went to the tavern in town.

Compared to Yoruichi, who arrived in this world with considerable strength and could even feed himself by killing monsters, Yosuke Shima had clearly been starving for a long time in the forest.

So after receiving half a bag of copper coins from Night City, Yosuke Shima's first thought was to fill his stomach.

There's a reason for choosing a tavern. In games, places like taverns are where you can hear important gossip and gather information.

Since they have just arrived in this other world, gathering information is very important in the early stages.

Because of Ye Cheng's warning, Yosuke Shima concealed his appearance before arriving at the tavern.

When he entered the tavern, the others were curious as to why he was covering his face, but they were not too surprised or asked any further questions.

Because they didn't know the currency exchange rate and consumption level of this world, Yosuke Shima, like Yosuke Yama at first, thought that the large bag of copper coins was a considerable fortune.

With this in mind, he generously ordered a large table of delicious dishes. After all, the more he spent, the more polite the tavern owner would be to him, and the more information he could get from him.

So far, Yosuke Shima's actions and logic have been correct. Because of his rich gaming experience, he is quite satisfied with his initial handling of the game.

However, the only drawback is that during his casual conversation with the bar owner, Yosuke Shima finally understood the level of consumption in this world.

Realizing that the money he had on him was far from enough to pay for the fine food and wine in front of him, Yosuke Shima considered negotiating to buy on credit...

Skipping out on the bill was out of the question; he'd already experienced the fighting prowess of the inhabitants of this other world firsthand. Although the tavern owner wasn't an adventurer, he was still a burly man with arms thicker than his thighs. He, a lazy, shut-in teenager, was clearly no match for him.

However, when Yosuke Shima said that he might not have brought enough money and was prepared to pay on credit, the bar owner's face, which had been smiling like a chrysanthemum, instantly began to twist and contort.

"If you don't have money, what are you pretending to be?! We never accept credit here. Even adventurers who eat here have to pay!"

The tavern owner had chatted with Yosuke Shima for so long because he thought that Yosuke Shima was generous and that he would have another wealthy regular customer.

But unexpectedly, the other party turned out to be a poor guy pretending to be rich, so the tavern owner's attitude naturally changed.

Looking like a weakling, and indeed truly being weak, the tavern owner simply picked up Shima Yosuke and searched him thoroughly, eventually finding all his possessions: a full 27 copper coins…

When the bar owner saw the 27 coins lying on the ground, he turned green with anger. He had thought that since Yosuke Shima had the confidence to order so much food, even if he didn't have enough money, he shouldn't be too far off.

But now, looking at it, wow, the other party only had 27 coins, yet dared to order a meal worth at least 1 gold coin!

And after this guy had eaten and drunk so much, he still had the audacity to say that he was a little short of money. Is this what they call "a little short"?

According to their Gran Bahamar currency exchange rate, one gold coin is equivalent to ten thousand silver coins, which is equivalent to one million copper coins. With only 27 steel coins on Shima Yosuke's body, it's probably far from enough to even pay for washing dishes.

Having the audacity to dine and dash, getting beaten up was inevitable. And during the fight, the wooden mask that Yosuke Shima was wearing to cover his face was accidentally knocked off.

The tavern owner was already quite annoyed with Yosuke Shima for dining and dashing, and when he saw the mask fall off Yosuke's face and realized that the other party was a "half-orc," he naturally became even more furious.

Regardless of race, this world is not very friendly to mixed-race demi-humans, especially the savage and not very intelligent half-orcs. Although they are also demi-humans, they are not much different from ordinary magical beasts and monsters.

However, while the tavern owner was furious, he quickly realized that Yosuke Shima, as a "half-orc," could actually speak human language and seemed to have a much higher IQ than ordinary half-orcs.

So, the same idea that Rex and his group had had before quickly came to the tavern owner's mind.

"Kid, don't blame me. Whether you're a half-orc or not, it's only right that you pay for your meal. Since you don't have any money to pay, I'll have no choice but to sell you to the merchant guild as a slave."

Talking orcs are rare; the money from selling you should be enough to cover the cost of this meal.

Despite Yosuke Shima's repeated attempts to defend himself as not being a "half-orc," the final result was clearly futile.

Poor Yosuke Shima had just escaped from the adventurers, but he ended up being sold to the slave trading company anyway. The only difference was that he was sold by the adventurers and he was sold by the tavern owner.

Talking orcs are indeed a rare breed, but to the tavern owner's surprise, the slave trader only offered Shima Yosuke a price of three copper coins.

(End of this chapter)